Where does “procurer” come from?
Procurer comes from Old French procurour, from Latin cūrātor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-, meaning to care for or attend to.
procurer (English): A person who procures or obtains things,...
Definitions
- A person who procures or obtains things,...
Ancestry of “procurer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | procurour | — |
| 2 | Old French | procureor | agent; proxy; representative |
| 3 | Old French | procurer | to procure |
| 4 | Latin | prōcūrō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |